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Saturday, February 25, 2012

GMAT Syllabus Facts and Concepts Unleashed

GMAT is undoubtedly the most challenging of all management exams. The best colleges of the globe, more than 1900 in total, and almost 500 management programs accept GMAT scores for admission, which clearly indicates its importance for management students. Students from every country, including India, take up the study of GMAT syllabus with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm. There are many things one needs to know about the vast syllabus of this management test. Read on to find the most elaborative facts and concepts that matter in your preparation.

1. The quantitative section: This is probably one section where all students have certain inherent fears. The quant section tests your knowledge in geometry, mathematics and algebra. Most of the questions range from elementary arithmetic and high school level mathematics. There are total 37 questions in the entire section, and for solving those, the students get 75 minutes. The simplest way to cover the syllabus of the quant section is practicing regularly and habitually. Students who know the tricks that save time manage to get a decent and satisfactory score in this section. Take up a workshop on quant, or else, get enrolled at a specialized center which offers coaching in this section.


2. The verbal section: This section tests the comprehensive power and logical ability of English. While attempting for this section, you need to be extraordinarily well versed with the Queen's language and answer a total of 41 questions. You get 75 minutes to complete this section. There are three parts in this section. The first one is reading comprehension where you get a passage and a series of questions related to it. In the second part, you need to correct sentences that are grammatically wrong with five options given for a single answer. In the final part, you have to deal with critical reasoning where you would need to find the premise, assumptions and conclusions.

3. The analysis section: This section tests your writing skills on a topic mentioned. Here, your essay will be tested on a software program, as well as manually. Needless to mention, you need to have excellent writing skills and must be able to score well on both kinds of evaluations.

Knowing the fact that the syllabus for GMAT is extremely prodigious, one needs to start his or her preparation extremely early. At least, six months of rigorous training is essential for every student. The idea is to have confidence in the studies and method of preparation. There are many students who take crash courses for GMAT, and technically, it's not a crude idea at all. You must devise a study plan for the crucial months, which you can do on your own or can take help from coaching faculties. You just need to understand the course is massive, and one needs to be utterly dedicated towards the completion of entire syllabus. However, do not ever get overconfident in your approach as the competition is monumental, and there are no narrow escapes that can work for GMAT syllabus.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice posting, thanks for sharing with us. Your blog is great and helped me feel better knowing about the GMAT syllabus. Thanks again!

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